[Magdalen] Heather Cook

[Jay Weigel]

ACA was referred to as ACOA where I was, and may be in other areas too.

On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 9:38 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:

> A note on the variety of recovery programs related to alcohol... Alanon is
> for friends/family of an alcoholic, Alateen, is for the children of an
> alcoholic, ACA is for people who grew up in an alcoholic family but may
> have not identified problems with themselves being related to alcohol until
> they were adults.. note this group also includes people who grew up in
> dysfunctional families, and often includes alcoholics who have gained some
> significant recovery.
>
> Important news for those who may not be aware of the role of these
> ancillary groups, for people whose lives were/are touched by alcohol, is
> that these groups are all about the individual themselves, attending the
> group, NOT the alcoholic in their life, earlier life, or former life. They
> are not in their group to help, cure or fix the person who drinks  and who
> may be the reason they decided to seek out a solution in one of these
> programs.
>
> It is also important to realize that groups are self-run and each group is
> only as healthy as the people in it trying to become healthy, hopefully
> with a history of some old timers who pass it on/down. Each member strives
> for honesty about themselves in order to begin to unravel their own issues
> and begin to change their life.
>
> Lynn
>
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
> by Richard Rohr
>
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> From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 5:42 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Heather Cook
>
> Not everyone who drinks is an alcoholic, Don, therefore not everyone needs
>> a recovery organization. However, if one's partner drinks abusively, it
>> does affect one. And that's all I have to say on the matter.
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 6:37 PM, <thedonboyd at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>> I hear good things about Rational Recovery and about SMART recovery.
>>> Janice certainly finds Women for Sobriety (the org that Jean Kirkpatrick
>>> founded) excellent for her needs.  I stopped drinking when Janice went
>>> into
>>> rehab, but have not gotten involved with any recovery organization. (save
>>> that J and I are such an organization in our own small way).
>>>
>>>
>>>
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